Road Prison

The only county-operated work camp in Florida, the Road Prison provides a large part of the manual labor work force for the Public Works Department. Supervised by correctional officers, our work crews perform various tasks for the county such as clearing rights-of-way, grounds maintenance, drainage projects, and other aspects of road and stormwater maintenance. As a road prison, we perform all the typical activities associated with incarceration of inmates including internal security, administration, food service, and building and grounds maintenance. In an effort to minimize food expenditures and work toward self-sufficiency, we use inmate labor to grow vegetables and maintain a catfish and tilapia farm.